PRINTER'S NO. 650
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
581
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SNYDER, KOTIK, MILLARD, DAVIDSON, DAVIS, V. BROWN,
DRISCOLL, THOMAS, SCHWEYER, HARHAI, A. HARRIS, SCHLOSSBERG,
KINSEY, KAVULICH, COHEN, C. PARKER, McNEILL, YOUNGBLOOD,
MATZIE, SAINATO, CARROLL, D. COSTA, FARINA AND MURT,
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 18, 2001 (P.L.949, No.114),
entitled, as amended, "An act establishing a unified
workforce investment system; restructuring certain
administrative functions, procedures and entities;
transferring workforce development functions of Commonwealth
agencies; establishing the Pennsylvania Workforce Investment
Board; providing for critical job training grants, for
guarantees for program quality and performance for workforce
development programs, for workforce leadership grants and for
industry partnerships; establishing the Keystone Works
Program; and authorizing local workforce investment boards,"
providing for preference for training programs.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of December 18, 2001 (P.L.949, No.114),
known as the Workforce Development Act, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 105. Preference for training programs.
(a) Pennsylvania National Guard and reserve component
members.--Unless prohibited by Federal law or regulation, a
member of the Pennsylvania National Guard or a reserve component
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of the United States Armed Forces who has been ordered to active
Federal or State service shall be given a preference for
placement in any program under this act for a period of one year
after discharge from active duty. Preference for placement shall
be given after the member provides documentation of the dates of
active duty and meets the eligibility requirements of the
program.
(b) Spouses.--Unless prohibited by Federal law or
regulation, a spouse of a member of the Pennsylvania National
Guard or a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces
who has been ordered to active Federal or State service shall be
given a preference for placement in any program under this act.
Preference for placement shall be given after the spouse
provides documentation of the member's dates of active duty and
meets the eligibility requirements of the program.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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